House debates

Tuesday, 1 June 2021

  • Scullin Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
    Things are pretty tough in the northern suburbs of Melbourne right now, and I want to acknowledge the extraordinary efforts that my constituents are undertaking to support themselves, keep...
  • Edwards, Hon. Sir Llewellyn Roy (Llew), AC (1 speech)
    Upon their passing, many leaders are described as great. Sir Llew Edwards is someone who richly deserves the epithet of being a truly great man. He was a giant of the Liberal Party and a champion...
  • Veterans (1 speech)
    For too long now we have not been listening to veterans. We haven't been responding to what they need as opposed to what we think they need, and this needs to change. I hope that the royal...
  • Bennelong Electorate: Pharmaceutical Industry (1 speech)
    In the week before the budget, I was hit with the affliction which puts fear into the hearts of men, a condition that brings the powerful to their knees and lays all men low at some point. I am,...
  • Macarthur Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
    Of course, Pill Hill is welcome to move to Macarthur. I'd make them most welcome. Eight hundred and fifty-six thousand years—that's roughly how long it would take the average Australian to...
  • Imports (1 speech)
    Back in 2007 or around then—the member for Hunter will remember this very well—we ran a very strong campaign to stop New Zealand apples coming into Australia. We did our very best,...
  • Rugby League, Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
    It was a great pleasure and, indeed, a relief to be present for the Newcastle Knights victory over the Manly Sea Eagles on Sunday. The Sea Eagles have lifted the legendary Bob Fulton the week...
  • COVID-19: Queensland (1 speech)
    The Whitsunday region's two major industries, tourism and agriculture, have each taken big hits over the last 14 months. International border closures stripped tourism businesses of their...
  • Aged Care (1 speech)
    I rise today to recognise the enormous contribution of older Australians to this nation. Our older Australians make up a very significant portion of my electorate of Richmond and the population...
  • Cowper Electorate: Wastewater treatment, Make a Difference (2 speeches)
    In March of this year, many of the residents of Stuarts Point, just north of Kempsey, were evacuated from their homes in the middle of the night due to health concerns as a result of flooding...